Elephant blamed for 15 deaths in eastern India shot dead

By Subrata Nag Choudhury SAHIBGANJ, India (Reuters) – An elephant blamed for killing more than a dozen people in the eastern Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar was shot dead on Friday, after an elaborate hunt that involved dozens of forest officials and a sharpshooter. State forest official N. K. Singh said the team was assembled was after the elephant, believed to be 20-25 years old, had killed 11 people in the state since March and had damaged some houses. Singh said the elephant was also believed to have killed four people in the neighboring state of Bihar before that.

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